LEADER 04409nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910814822503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4473-0067-X 010 $a1-4473-0162-5 010 $a1-282-75434-3 010 $a9786612754340 010 $a1-84742-866-5 024 7 $a10.56687/9781847428660 035 $a(CKB)2670000000044912 035 $a(EBL)581733 035 $a(OCoLC)664565734 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000413768 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12190958 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413768 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10385707 035 $a(PQKB)10277241 035 $a(UtOrBLW)PPO00195 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL581733 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10412747 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275434 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_79769 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC581733 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781847428660 035 $a(DE-B1597)646938 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781847428660 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000044912 100 $a20090729d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChallenging choices $eideology, consumerism and policy /$fMichael Clarke 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBristol $cPolicy$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (iv, 211 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Apr 2023). 311 $a1-84742-398-1 311 $a1-84742-397-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- Challenging Choices -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One: Choice And Consumerism -- 1. What Is Choice? -- 2. Making Choices: Just Fun? -- Opportunity Cost, Regret And Complexity -- Adapting To Choice: Maximisers And Satisficers -- Reversibility And Provision -- Individual And Collective Choice -- Making Choices More Or Less Stressful -- Adaptation: A Sting In The Tail -- 3. Choice And The Consumer Society -- Industrialisation And The Acceptance Of Constant Change -- The Political Consequences Of Industrialisation -- Markets And Their Problems -- Engaging With The Problems: Socialism And Social Democracy -- The Inevitability Of Social Democracy -- The Rise Of Affluence And The New Right -- The Coming Of Affluence -- The Legacy Of The New Right: The Consumer Society -- The Politics Of Consumerist Choice -- Credit And Consumerism -- Consumerism And The EmperorS New Clothes -- Tolerance As A Leading Value Of Consumerism -- Choice, Tolerance And Meaning -- 4. When Choice Does Not Work -- Does Choice Overwhelm Or Empower? -- Professionals And Other Experts: Intermediaries -- Provision -- Popular Music And Broadcasting: Counter-Examples? -- 5. Some Wider Problems With Choice -- Cartels And Competition -- The Problems Of Intervention -- Pubs And Beer -- Cartels: A Permanent Feature Of The Modern Economy -- Choice And The Big Lie -- Cars -- Supermarkets -- Retail Financial Services -- Bad Choices -- Credit And The Money Illusion -- Choice And Duty -- Conclusion: Spoiled For Choice -- Part Two: Choice And The Life Cycle -- 6. Introduction: Choice And The Life Cycle -- 7. Jobs And Careers -- 8. Lovers, Partners, Spouses -- 9. Fertility And Family -- Child Rearing -- 10. Retirement -- 11. Death -- The Current Debate -- The Problems Of Care -- Part Three: Conclusions -- 12. Choice And Meaning -- Religion As A Support For Meaning -- Individualism And The Retreat Into Self In The Search For Meaning: Hedonism -- The Retreat Into Self: Self-Improvement -- Choice And Meaning: Three Options -- 13. Conclusion -- Notes And Sources -- Index. 330 $aThis lively and topical book provides a critique of choice in contemporary society and policy. Having choices empowers us, but constant extension of choice overwhelms us. In a concise and readable style, the author considers whether choice enhances or burdens our lives, and questions the blithe assumption that more choice is always for the better. 606 $aSocial choice 606 $aDecision making 615 0$aSocial choice. 615 0$aDecision making. 676 $a302.13 700 $aClarke$b Michael$f1945-$01641266 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814822503321 996 $aChallenging choices$93985284 997 $aUNINA